Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-7140

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 28 December 2023

Published
28 December 2023
Modified
29 October 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.4th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-7140 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Fabian Client Details System. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in code-projects Client Details System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/manage-users.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The exploit has been disclosed to…

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the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-249143.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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T1505 Server Software Component Persistence
Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in web application /admin/manage-users.php enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190), data collection from databases (T1213.006), and abuse of server software components (T1505) as noted in advisories.

Affected Assets

fabian
client details system
1.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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